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Windmills coming to Larn Island
First phase of alternative power project to begin
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
City hall has signed an agreement to hire Rajamangala University of
Technology Thanyaburi to construct phase one of a project to produce
windmills and solar panels to generate electricity on Larn Island.
The project will be built on Had Saen beach and the first phase will cost 84
million baht. Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn signed the agreement with
Professor Namyuth Songtanapitak, dean of the university.
The mayor said this is a pilot project to produce alternative energy due to
the high oil prices. Demand for power on the island is increasing as the
number of visitors grows, and projects such as the water treatment plant,
water supply and leisure developments will also increase the demand.
Presently electricity is generated through an oil-based plant, which is
costly and wasteful. City hall is implementing the solar power
electricity-generating project with the help of the university, which is an
expert in the field.
Pattaya has received a 94 million baht to support the project, which
commenced on 29 August with the first phase taking nearly a year to
complete.
Prof Namyuth said that the institution would install 45 windmills at
different points around Saw Hill in Had Saen to produce 200 kilowatts of
electricity by the end of 2008. There is a great demand for electric power
on the island and plans will be proposed to Pattaya for the second and third
phases.
Blacklist to be drawn up to ban irresponsible contractors
Warning made against corrupt officials
Narisa Nitikarn
Contractors that do not complete their work properly or who use corrupt
methods in any way will be placed on a blacklist and be barred from
bidding for jobs from the city in future.
This was a result of a meeting was called on August 17 at Pattaya City
Hall by Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn, in which department heads were
told to draw up lists of contractors who have been causing delays and
other problems.
 Mayor
Niran Wattanasartsathorn has sent out a warning to all contractors and
sub-contractors: complete your work properly and don’t use corrupt
methods or face being blacklisted.
Niran said there were many companies engaged to undertake projects for
the city, but that they usually transferred the work to sub-contractors.
Subsequently the projects are delayed or even abandoned, and the city’s
image is damaged. This inevitably bounces back on city hall, with
residents and tourists blaming the administration.
City hall has therefore decided to create a blacklist, gathering data on
irresponsible contractors and preventing them getting work from the
administration in future.
Mayor Niran said there was, however, a danger that a legal case could be
made against city hall for abuse of power, and that it was important
officials gather all the data, which could then be presented as evidence
in any court case. By operating a list that was fair and carefully
controlled, contractors would in future know they had to proceed
strictly by the book, and complete their work in time and efficiently.
The same meeting was also told of an officer from the engineering
department who had allegedly demanded 50,000 baht from a property owner
who wished to convert her shophouse in Jomtien into a spa and massage
salon.
It was alleged the officer, who was responsible for the area in question
and who had been presented with the plans, had told the owner that no
objection would be made to the changes if he were paid a fee of 50,000
baht. An appointment was made on July 25 to hand over the money, but
later the department posted a sign saying the owner had made additions
to the building without permission. She continued the work, and the same
officer came onto the site with the police to stop the work, arrest the
workers, and seize all of the building materials. The owner had
subsequently filed a complaint.
Pichet Uthai-Wattananon, director of engineering at the Public Health
Bureau said that he and Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh had in response
gone to the site, where they found the building had been illegally added
to with a structure that covered the entire area. This contravened
regulations that at least 30 percent of the area should be empty. Pichet
said there was no record of the works lodged with the Public Health
Bureau.
An order was given to demolish the illegal structure, and that if this
were followed there would be no charges made against the owner.
Investigations would, however, be carried out against the officer and if
the accusations were true, he would be dismissed.
Pichet added that there is normally no charge for applying for building
additions and that property owners should ensure they have written
consent from the relevant department head rather than accepting quotes
made by individual officers.
Mayor donates equipment to Pattaya Provincial Court
Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn
(left) presents computer equipment to Pratumporn Kamnerdrit, head of Pattaya
Provincial Court.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Pattaya City has donated a notebook computer and a projector to Pattaya
Provincial Court, the presentation being made on August 23 by Mayor Niran
Wattanasartsathorn.
Pratumporn Kamnerdrit, head of Pattaya Provincial Court received the
donation, which Niran said was being made as the result of a request made
earlier by the court to city hall.
The items presented were an Aspire notebook computer, a Sony projector and
two projector screens, a 100-inch fixed screen and a portable one. The total
value of the equipment was more than 140,000 baht.
Pratumporn said the equipment would facilitate the work of court officials
and be used to give law presentations to the public under the “traveling law
project”. The aim of the project is to provide legal knowledge to the public
at different places in Banglamung and Sattahip.
30 million baht to be spent
on beautifying Sukhumvit
The city is beautifying
Sukhumvit Road, at a cost of 30 million baht.
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
The cost of beautifying Sukhumvit Road will be 30 million baht,
according to an announcement made at a meeting at city hall on August 17.
Deputy chairman of Pattaya City Council Adison Phonlookin headed the
meeting, which was to discuss the first phase of the project. Under this
phase, improvements will be carried out along Sukhumvit from Krating Lai to
the city limits.
Under a 30 million baht budget, embankments will be raised and new drainage
pipes and water stops installed. More than 375,000 trees and plants will be
planted. Nong Nooch Tropical Garden is selecting the saplings and flowers,
and designing the grass verges.
Currently the area is being cleared and the ground levels are being raised.
Planting work will commence in September. Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn
said the project would greatly improve the entryway to Pattaya, creating an
image more appropriate for an international coastal city.
Latest garbage solution would generate biogas for clean energy
Narisa Nitikarn
Yet another attempt to resolve the mounting garbage problem was made on
August 18, when Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn, deputy chief of Pattaya City
Sitthipab Muangkum, and director of the Sanitation Engineering Bureau Wirat
Jirasripaiboon attended a presentation on the Arrow Bio Project, made by
Group Captain Dr Manit Peuksakondh, a consultant of Communication
Engineering Co Ltd.
 Dr.
Manit Peuksakondh
Dr Manit said the Arrow Bio Project is held under a USA technology
copyright, and is designed to turn refuse into biogas that can be used as
clean energy for electrical power. He said that an advantage is the refuse
doesn’t need to be separated, as the equipment divides it into metal,
plastic, glass and other materials. The refuse generates methane gas, a
natural by-product of garbage, and this is odorless and non-polluting.
An Arrow Bio refuse plant covering four rai of land and able to process
between 200 and 300 tons of refuse a day would cost about 1.5 billion baht.
Research would, however, need to be done to quantify the varieties of
garbage, which would allow the system to be engineered for maximum
efficiency and reduce the costs of the investment.
Following the presentation, Niran proposed that the company devise a
solution they feel most appropriate to solve Pattaya’s problems, and present
this at a further meeting.
Leftover food recycled into bio-soil for Larn islanders
Narisa Nitikarn
Leftover food on Koh Larn is being recycled and distributed to the
islanders for use as fertilizer and soil additive.
The idea came from the Pattaya City Health and Environment Department’s Koh
Larn office, which realized that the addition of a few simple ingredients to
the waste could turn it into a productive and inexpensive asset.
 Bio-soil
was the creative idea of Koh Larn inhabitants.
Public health community officer Mrs Thaworn Rugsatup told Pattaya Mail that
the opportunity to remove the waste from the island is limited, and that as
the number of visitors is increasing the volume of waste food is also on the
rise. Converting it into bio-soil eliminates the problem, and the resultant
product is good as a fertilizer, deters moles, and enriches the ground by
providing more oxygen to the soil.
The food is first mashed up and then covered with sawdust and rice bran.
Soil and water to which molasses has been added are then poured over the
mix, which next goes into a compactor. From there it is sun-dried and packed
into bags.
The same method is also being used to dispose of wastewater on Koh Larn, the
process dispelling bad aromas because it increases the quantity of oxygen in
the water.
All night rainstorms causes severe flooding in town and heavy damage to beaches
The beach canyon as seen on Wednesday
morning.
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
It rained cats and dogs all Tuesday night in Pattaya, noted as one
of the heaviest rainfalls this year causing practically every street in
Pattaya to be inundated.
Apparently the new Pattaya drainage system could not cope with the
downpour causing water to gush up the manholes into the streets and
homes and onto the beaches.
 A
fountain of water gushes out of the manholes into the street during the
all night rainstorm.
Residents had to rush to higher ground frantically trying to save their
belongings, as there was no sign of respite throughout the night.
On our inspection rounds the next morning to monitor the damage caused
and to observe clean up operations, we were summoned to Beach Road near
Soi 6 where angry beach vendors pointed to a huge 3 meter abyss in the
beach. In some areas around Soi 10 the gash was as wide a 10 metres.
They said that because of the sloppy construction work, the drainpipes
were clogged causing them to overflow and wash away parts of the beach.
Tree stumps also reared their ugly heads from the sand. We were told
that these trees were left there by city workers two years ago and were
covered by a superficial layer of sand to hide them from view.
We spoke to Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn, who said that construction
work on beach road was on-going and was only 30% complete. He also said
that work was underway to build storm barriers to prevent rain water
from flowing onto the beaches, ‘but unfortunately the unexpected storms
hit us before the project could be completed.’
As for the tree stumps and branches strewn all over the beach, the mayor
reprimanded the recklessness of some workers and ordered the mess to be
cleaned up with utmost urgency.
Some areas were hit more seriously than others especially in Soi Bua
Khao and the Pacific Housing Estate. Damage was caused to household
furniture and electrical appliances.
The city management was quick off the mark to dispatch emergency rescue
teams and equipment to assist in pumping water out of homes in the
affected areas.
Change to Thailand’s mobile telephone numbers
From the Thai National News Bureau Public Relations
Department: Thailand has changed from a 9-digit to 10-digit mobile telephone
system, which started on September 1.
Setthaporn Khusripithak, a member of the National Telecommunications
Commission (NTC) said the change, approved by the telecoms regulator, was in
response to the rapid expansion of the use of mobile telephones.
With the 10-digit system, the country will have enough mobile telephone
numbers for the next 30 years, Mr. Setthaporn said.
Beginning September 1, users of all mobile telephone systems will have to
dial the prefix 08, he said.
For example: the number 01 123 4567 will change to: 08 1123 4567; the number
09 123 4567 will be: 08 9123 4567. (Tip: a new mobile number will always
start with 08 followed by 2 groups of 4 digits.)
Wannabe tough guy arrested for taking grenade into snooker bar
Staff reporters
A man who carried a live hand grenade around with him in an attempt to
appear tough and to scare the local youth gangs was arrested shortly after
midnight on August 19 when he took the grenade into a snooker bar.
Prakob (seated) was arrested for carrying around a hand grenade, allegedly trying
to scare off a local gang.
Sattahip police station received a report from a member of the public that a
man wearing a white T-shirt and jeans was showing off a hand grenade by
placing it on dining and snooker tables at Soi Aua-Aree, in Bang Sarae. Two
officers from the Bang Sarae police box were dispatched to the soi.
They quickly found the man, and searching him found an MK2 hand grenade with
a removable pin. The grenade was new and still usable. The man’s name was
Prakob Kerdsawat, age 28. He said he had borrowed the grenade from a Karen
construction laborer in Bang Sarae named Cha, and had brought it with him
when he went to have a drink in the food and snooker shop.
Prakob said he had previously been threatened by local youths and wanted to
scare them so they would leave him alone. However, the police stopped him
before he could become a well-known tough guy.
Prakob was charged with carrying a bomb into a public place.
Man’s greed loses him 50,000 baht
The old Cameroon money scam foiled again
A man filed a complaint with police when he was swindled
out of 50,000 baht by a banknote forger who had persuaded him to invest the
money in anticipation of, literally, making more.
Prakong points to Martial,
accusing him of swindling 50,000 baht with a promise to make more, albeit
illegally.
Prakong Taosungngoen, 40, told investigators that two Bangkok taxi driver
friends named Surasak and Sawat had introduced him to a Cameroon national
named Roger Martial Batchaya. They told him Batchaya did a great job in
forging dollar banknotes, and took him to see the process in a room in Soi
Arunthai, in Central Pattaya Road.
Batchaya produced five $100 bills he said he had forged, and Prakong said he
was willing to pay 50,000 baht in order to buy some chemicals used to
produce the notes so they could make some more. Many days passed and nothing
was produced. Doubts began to creep in when Surasak and Batchaya asked him
for an additional 10,000 baht each.
Prakong notified police who managed to arrest Batchaya, but the other two
had disappeared. Arrest warrants have been issued. Martial has admitted all
charges.
Prakong has presumably yet to work out why Martial didn’t simply forge the
banknotes to buy his own chemicals.
Man stabbed in back, literally, by friends at Bali Hai Pier
Boonlua Chatree
Getting stabbed in the back by friends is often said figuratively, but
in this case it was literal. A man suffered multiple stab wounds when his
own friends at Bali Hai Pier attacked him shortly after midnight on August
20.
Police and Sawang Boriboon officers were called out by reports that someone
had been stabbed, but at the scene they discovered a Pattaya Sea Security
officer had already transferred the injured to Banglamung Hospital.
The injured man was identified as Nikorn Rotfung, 21, of Chantaburi. He
arrived at the hospital emergency room with a 5-inch knife protruding from
his back with only the handle visible. The blade had punctured his lung, but
the medical team was able to operate and stabilize him. Nikorn also had two
large wounds on his right eyebrow.
Nikorn told police he was sitting at the pier with his four friends and they
had an argument. His friends hit him and stabbed his back with a knife. He
shouted for help, and his friends fled on their motorbikes.
Police, however, do not believe Nikorn’s statement, regarding him as being a
suspicious character. Further, he refused to give the names of the friends
who had stabbed him.
Woman motorbike thief thwarted
Boonlua Chatree
A woman who attempted to ride off on a motorcycle taxi when the driver was
in a food shop ordering a meal was unsuccessful when she discovered she
didn’t know how to drive the bike.
Pattaya police station received a report at 2:10 p.m. on August 18 from
Chaiyan Yoocharoen, 30, a motorcycle taxi driver who worked from the rank in
front of the Green Park Hotel on Pattaya-Naklua Road, saying that he had
caught a female motorbike thief.
At the scene police found Chaiyan detaining Ms Pimjai Ponsongkram, 21, with
his blue Yamaha Spark. Pimjai, however, proved to be mentally subnormal. She
said she was homeless and that she couldn’t understand why. When she passed
in front of the hotel she saw the motorbike with the key in it at the
motorcycle taxi area. She tried to ride it away but didn’t know how to,
because this model has a clutch. The engine started and then stopped.
Chaiyan’s friends surrounded her before informing him.
Pimjai stated that she had tried to steal the bike six times already, but
was caught this time. Chaiyan said he didn’t want to file a claim against
her because of her mental condition. He asked only that the police bring her
in for the record and warn her before allowing her to go free.
City hall donates eyeglasses to the elderly
Deputy Mayor Wattana
Chantanawaranon (3rd right) presents walking sticks and wheelchairs to
community representatives.
Narisa Nitikarn
Almost two hundred pairs of eyeglasses have been distributed free to
senior citizens by city hall under a project to help underprivileged elderly
and disabled people.
Deputy Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon supervised the handout on August 18,
with other aids being given to the disabled on the same occasion.
 Thanks
city hall, we can now see clearly.
Mrs Pannee Limcharoen, acting on behalf of the deputy director of the Social
Welfare Department said this project covered the period January to August. A
survey had earlier been conducted amongst the elderly and the disabled to
find those in need and who were unable to help themselves, and a budget was
drawn up for this year totaling 200,000 baht.
On this occasion, 167 pairs of eyeglasses were distributed under this
budget, along with another 14 pairs contributed by the Beautiful Eyeglasses
Shop. Added to the total of 181 pairs of eyeglasses were 30 walking sticks
and seven wheelchairs.
Geriatric Center opens to provide basic healthcare services
Vimolrat Singnikorn
The Medical Institute for the Elderly in conjunction with the Supreme
Patriarch Center for Aging opened a Geriatric Service Center where the
elderly can obtain basic healthcare services.
 Getting
healthy at the new Geriatric Service Center.
Located at the Najomtien Municipal Building in Sattahip, the center is open
Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Admission is free.
Information is available by calling 038 238 484-5 or 038 237 517.
Dr Chatree Banchoun, director general of the Department of Medical Services
presided over the opening of the project. Also present were Peerasorn
Panyahom, deputy head of Najomtien Municipality, Thongpoon Supasaeree,
chairman of the Elderly Assembly Chonburi sub-branch, and 60 elderly people.
The Geriatric Service Center is a primary checkup and diagnoses project for
elderly people, giving consultations for non-infectious diseases and advice
on exercise, diet, and basic healthcare.
Dr Chatree said that medical conditions such as high blood pressure,
hardening of the arteries, angina, heart disease and diabetes were frequent
afflictions amongst the elderly, and once recognized could receive
treatment. Government policy is to raise the standard of living for the
elderly and infirm, and the Ministry of Public Health was committed to a
program of reforms and improvements for this year.
1.5 million seawater prawns released in celebration of HM the Queen’s birthday
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Deputy Mayor Wutisak Rermkitkarn on August 11 presided over a merit-making
ceremony to honor Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday, releasing one and a half
million seawater prawns into the ocean at Tawaen Beach on Koh Larn.
City hall cooperated with the Department of Fisheries and the committee of
the Koh Larn Community to release the prawns, which in addition to making
merit will help to increase the natural resources of the ocean around the
island.
Wutisak said that the prawns would help preserve the balance of nature and
maintain the breeding of other sea creatures.
Residents and tourists happily
liberate 1.5 million seawater prawns into the ocean.
Police briefs
Boonlua Chatree
Second time
for drug dealers
A woman was arrested outside a karaoke bar on Third Road during the
evening of August 18 and found to be in possession of 200 amphetamine pills.
During questioning, Boonruon Taeng-oon, 35, a resident of Chachangsao, told
officers she had bought the drugs from a Mr Piaw.
Police called Piaw and made a deal for him to deliver 1,000 amphetamine
pills to the entrance of Soi Chaiyapruek, near Sukhumvit Road. There they
arrested him in possession of the 1,000 pills. He was identified as
Wuttichai Khunviset, 22, of Nakhorn Sawan.
Police checked the backgrounds of the two dealers and found that they were
friends and had previously been imprisoned for four years on similar
charges.
Doughty police confiscate
imitation guns
A team of police officers, led by Pol Lt Col Sutham Chawsrithong, on August
23 carried out an inspection of shops selling imitation guns, following
reports that gangs of youths were buying the fake weapons and using them to
commit crimes.
At a shop named Tanyong, located at Soi Buakaow and owned by a 44-year-old
man identified as Phairoj, officers confiscated nine imitation guns
comprising six 9 mm, a 357 mm and an 11 mm gun. The owner will be charged
and fined 1,000 baht.
Pol Lt Col Sutham said fake guns can look exactly like real weapons and when
used to commit crimes the victims would be unaware they were being
threatened by an imitation gun. He added that a lot of shops had taken the
guns off the shelves when they learned of the inspections. He also said that
they had better not put them back on the shelves.
RTN Kood will be sunk to create underwater attraction
Royal Thai Navy officers and
divers survey the area.
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
Consultations are underway to decide on the final resting place of the
Royal Thai Navy ship Kood, which is to be sunk onto the ocean floor to form
a habitat for underwater life and a new tourism attraction for divers.
Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh on August 22 held a meeting at Pattaya City
Hall with Captain Kiatikul Tiensuwan of the Royal Navy, representatives of
the Water Transport Department, and officials from other concerned
government departments.
After the meeting the working committee traveled to the proposed sites of
the sinking. The Kood will be scuttled in one of three areas: the eastern
coast of Koh Sak, a point between Koh Larn and Koh Sak that is popular among
divers, and the southern coast of Koh Sak, where the water is deep enough
not to cause a danger to passing vessels.
Three organizations are carrying out a suitability survey to make sure there
would be no environmental effects and no danger to shipping in the area, and
the final decision will be based upon this. The favorite right now is the
eastern coast of Koh Sak.
Road show rolls
into Talad Kao
Community members had a
great time receiving their bags of necessities.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Pattaya City’s latest mobile road show rolled into the Talad Kao
Community in Naklua on August 23, setting up at the Sawang Boriboon
Thamsathan Foundation offices.
Deputy mayors Wutisak Rermkitkarn, Wattana Chantanawaranon and Ronakit
Ekasingh all took part, along with deputy chairman of Pattaya City Council
Urit Nantsurasak and Mrs Pannee Limcharoen, acting director of the Social
Welfare Department.
The road show was sponsored by government and private sector organizations.
City hall provided rice and 100 bags of necessities that were given out to
low-income earners. Katesiri Hairdressing provided free haircuts and makeup.
Banglamung College sold chemical-free vegetables at reduced rates, and
Pattaya Public Health Department provided free medical checkups.
Sattahip Market sprayed as precaution against avian flu
Patcharapol Panrak
Health inspectors have sprayed Sattahip Market and other areas in the
district as a precaution against the spread of avian flu.
 Officials
spray Sattahip Market as a precaution against the spread of avian flu.
Thanee Kong-On, head of the Sattahip District Castle Office, directed
inspectors and volunteers to survey five sub-districts and 41 villages in
Sattahip district. No evidence of the virus was found.
It was, however, considered that Sattahip Market with its fresh food,
particularly its chicken, duck and other fowl, was an area of potential
concern. There were also hundreds of pigeons using the market as their
source for food, roosting in the sub-district office building opposite the
market and the roofs of houses nearby. If the virus was discovered here, it
could spread very easily.
The disinfectant Virakill was sprayed as a protective measure on August 16,
and inspectors planned next to move on to Sattahip Naval Base, where they
would spray all the areas with the cooperation of Aphakornkiatiwong
Hospital.
85-year-old Brahmin nun floats
on water to raise temple funds
Patcharapol Panrak
An 85-year-old Brahmin nun who was formerly a som tam vendor astounded
villagers when she floated cross-legged in a pond to raise donations for a
Ratchaburi temple.
Crowds gathered at the pond behind Wat Ratsamakkee in Plutaluang
sub-district on August 20 as the nun, known as Mrs Yuan, or Nokkaew
Chomklinsamran, put out a donation box. She told the onlookers she had been
staying for three months at Wat Chaedeehak, in Ratchaburi, and the purpose
of what she was about to do was to raise funds for the monks there.
 85-year-old
Brahmin nun Nokkaew Chomklinsamran floated for money, which she will give to
her temple.
After binding her hands, she walked down into the pond. Generally used by
worshippers to release fish and aquatic animals and rid themselves of bad
luck, the pond is 30 meters in diameter and 150 centimeters deep. Yuan lay
down in the pond and floated on her back, crossing both legs and placing her
hands behind her head. The astonished villagers responded by placing
donations in the box.
Yuan is originally from Thongchai sub-district, in Petchaburi. She had
previously worked as a som tam street vendor in Sattahip. Her husband had
passed away when their children were young, and she continued working to
support them.
She said that later, her som tam had caused the death of a customer, and
after that no one wanted to buy her food. Yuan became a Brahmin nun in 1992.
She told the onlookers that she meditates daily in the Buddhist manner, and
that this leads to tranquility and the ability to control her mind and body,
and hence float upon the water.
Trumpeting and lottery ticket sales mark passing of Pang Dokmai at 104
Patcharapol Panrak
A funeral was held on August 22 for an elephant said to be 104 years
old, with monks called in to say prayers at the graveside and a rush on the
buying of lottery tickets containing the numbers 104.
 Monks
say prayers at the funeral for 104-year-old Pang Dokmai.
Pang Dokmai, long renowned for her great age, passed away quietly at about 8
a.m. August 22 at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, where she was being treated at
a 200-rai area set aside for the care of ailing elephants.
Nong Nooch director Kampol Tansatcha and staff arranged for Pang Dokmai’s
immediate burial, digging a grave of 4 x 4 x 4 meters with a backhoe and
inviting four monks from Nong Chabtao Temple to pray and perform funeral
rights.
Pang Dokmai had been a star at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden for many years,
having been one of the first to provide a service there for tourists.
Mahouts and staff gathered at the graveside as the backhoe lifted Pang
Dokmai to her final resting place, and bananas, sugar cane and flowers were
placed in with her. A herd of some 20 elephants nearby were heard to trumpet
loudly as a sign of grief during the funeral.
On a more corporeal level there was a rush on lottery tickets bearing the
numbers of the deceased elephant’s age, punters hoping 104 will prove to be
auspicious during the next draw.
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